Wausau Man Unlawfully Terminated for Gun in Vehicle. WCI funds lawsuit
Wisconsin Carry has funded a lawsuit on behalf of a Wausau man who was unlawfully terminated after verifying to a Human Resources Manager that he had a lawfully carried gun in his personal vehicle.
Wisconsin law does not allow employers to prohibit employees with valid concealed carry licenses from keeping a gun in their personal vehicles even when parked on company property.
Our attorneys attempted to seek an out-of-court resolution with Kolbe and Kolbe. After contact with their legal counsel, the HR manager who fired the employee misrepresented the circumstances of the firing suggesting that the employee had the gun outside his vehicle. This is false. The employee never said that to the HR manager and never did have his gun outside of his vehicle. We have supporting witness statements to confirm.
Its against Wisconsin law for a company to terminate an employee for carrying a gun in their vehicle. Its shameful for a company to play fast and loose with the facts to try to absolve themselves from accountability for their mistake.
The employee was a model employee and even on the day of his firing had been praised by his supervisors for his performance.
Kolbe and Kolbe is a long-standing Wisconsin Company. Be welcome to contact Kolbe and Kolbe and ask them to do the right thing and quickly remedy their HR managers unlawful action and reinstate the employee with back-pay.
1323 S 11th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401
Phone:(715) 842-5666
or
Cindy Bremer, 715-847-0570, cbremer@kolbe-kolbe.com
The right to self-defense is a human right guaranteed by our state and federal constitutions. While we think it is ill-advised for companies to prohibit employees from exercising their 2nd Amendment rights wherever they may be, we respect private property rights of private businesses. A person's personal vehicle is THEIR private property and Wisconsin law recognizes your right to keep your gun within your property.
Section 175.60(15m)(b) - An employer may not prohibit a licensee or an out-of-state licensee, as a condition of employment, from carrying a concealed weapon, a particular type of concealed weapon, or ammunition or from storing a weapon, a particular type of weapon, or ammunition in the licensee's or out-of-state licensee's own motor vehicle, regardless of whether the motor vehicle is used in the course of employment or whether the motor vehicle is driven or parked on property used by the employer.
- Media reports: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/267231631.html
- copy of lawsuit: /Content/files/blogs/complaint_6_26_14.pdf
On behalf of myself and the Wisconsin Carry Inc. Board if Directors, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to our dues paying members who's financial support allows us to use civil litigation as one of our many tactics in the effort to protect and restore the constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms.